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How to prevent traffic collisions involving farm equipment
According to the Michigan State Police, between 150 and 212 traffic collisions involving farm equipment have occurred in the state each year since 200... READ MORE »
UW Extension fears job loss after proposed budget cuts
Proposed budget cuts have University of Wisconsin (UW) Extension educators worried about their future.Here's more from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based ... READ MORE »
Idaho growers file federal lawsuit
A group of Idaho potato growers have filed a federal lawsuit challenging certain agency actions" governing pale cyst nematodes (PCN) by the USDA's Ani... READ MORE »
Idaho growers receive RMP award
Shawn Walters and his brother Jeff Walters, co-owners of Walters Farm and Produce, received the 2015 wattsmart Business Partner of the Year in Idaho a... READ MORE »
Syngenta 2015 agricultural scholarship open for applications
The second annual Syngenta agricultural scholarship program is open for applications from undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in agri... READ MORE »
IOM recommends white potatoes in WIC program
The National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended that the USDA allow white potatoes be an eligible vegetable in the USDA's Sp... READ MORE »
Industry leader dies at 100
Louis E. Knoflicek, of Alliance, Nebraska, died on Jan. 24, 2015, at the age of 100.Knoflicek was a leader in the development of the potato industry i... READ MORE »
PEI seed shipments to U.S. halted
Following the discovery of potato wart on Prince Edward Island (PEI) in August the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) notified the USDA's Animal a... READ MORE »
OSU researcher dies
Don Horneck, an Oregon State University (OSU) Extension agronomist, died on September 28, 2014.Horneck specialized in soil fertility and crop producti... READ MORE »
Bayer CropScience opens R&D site in California
Bayer CropScience recently opened a new research and development center in West Sacramento, California.The West Sacramento site will serve as the glob... READ MORE »
